This week's papers

There has been celebration today of the recommendation that a judge should approve applications relating to journalists - but most reports have omitted the caveat in the second half of the sentence from their intros. Here it is in full (my underscore):"Judicial authorisation must be obtained in cases where communications data is sought to determine the source of journalistic information."Even under the commission's formula, journalists could still have their phone and email records examined by the police on the say-so of a senior officer for other purposes Protecting sources